Candice Patton Cast In CW Pilot 'The Flash'

Reported by Outsiders - 03:36 PM 2014.02.04

The CW has picked up Candice Patton to play Iris West, the daughter of Detective West and Barry Allen's fast-talking, quick-witted best friend. Patton joins recently cast Rick Cosnett and Danielle Panabaker.

The Flash CW pilot from Warner Bros. and Berlanti Productions, is an origin story about Barry Allen aka The Flash (Grant Gustin), a Central City assistant police forensics investigator who arrives in Starling to look into a series of unexplained robberies that may have a connection to a tragedy in his past.